Timing of menarche, childbearing and hysterectomy risk

Maturitas

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Cooper, Rachel ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Age at menarche; Birth cohorts; Hysterectomy; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NULLIPARA; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERUS MYOMA;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; POSTAL SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 57849166682     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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